#and as fuckass-big machines im sure they generate heat

[alvie-pines]

the main reasons cybertronians dont wear clothes are 1) they dont have dangly bits to cover up--their biology is more advanced than that, thank you very much, and 2) cybertron has no natural fibers with which to make fabric. the entire concept of soft woven-fiber garments would probably be quite foreign to them upon first contact.

the closest they could get to fabric would probably be a very fine wire mesh. to be fine enough to not restrict movement (if worn), it would have to be extremely fragile, making it something mainly available to the higher castes and, for the middle castes, to be worn for special occasions only.

now, whether they would come up with this on their own prior to first contact or whether its inspired by the clothing made by organics is still up in the air.

a mesh that fine and thin would not do much to keep a mech warm, and we've already established that they don't have anything they need to cover up. the only reason they might have to create this metal-mesh fabric would be aesthetics. and who knows, the upper castes have odd trends. maybe mesh garments become popular because they're too fragile and fine for the lower castes (who have to work with their hands/do physical labor) to wear regularly, and theyre expensive to make, and also functionally useless (making them another way of saying "look how much money i have")

that, or they become a trend after contact with organic species is established, in an effort to imitate them with the resources available on cybertron

in that case, then, even more expensive than metal-mesh fabric would be imported fabric made of actual organic fibers. i think cybertronian interplanetary imports and exports dont have nearly as much cost associated with transport than other planets, thanks to their space-bridge technology, but its still expensive--they have to be specially made for cybertronians (as the size of human garments is…… absolutely tiny to them), and then sent from one planet to another, plus they would be seen as a rare and novel item which allows sellers to hike the price.

i imagine the richest cybertronians would have organic-fiber sheets and blankets on their berths. such a display of opulence, to not only import clothes, but accessories for your berth as well!

(and its comfortable. very comfortable. most cybertronians sleep on a slab of hard metal. it doesnt hurt them like it might hurt a human, because theyre made of metal themselves, but its still not nearly as comfortable as a soft bed…)